Meta:

  1. 工 is the 118th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 165 words.
  4. appears as a component in 121 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (work)
Graphical :
=> , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. gong1 - work/worker/skill/profession/trade/craft/labor

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 工 (gong1): The component 工 is pronounced as 'gong1'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

员工 (員工)
工作 
工资 (工資)

Medium Frequency

人工 
做工 
分工 
加工 
化工 
完工 
 
工人 
工作室 
工作日 
工作服 
工作者 
工作量 
工伤 (工傷)
工具 
工商 
工地 
工夫 
工厂 (工廠)
工时 (工時)
工会 (工會)
工业 (工業)
工程 
工程师 (工程師)
工艺 (工藝)
工艺品 (工藝品)
工行 
手工 
打工 
收工 
放工 
施工 
民工 
清洁工 (清潔工)
特工 
理工 
罢工 (罷工)
义工 (義工)
职工 (職工)
临时工 (臨時工)
苦工 
农民工 (農民工)
开工 (開工)

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Meta:

  1. 業 is the 130th most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 129 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> , No glyph available
Radical :
=> No glyph available, (eight/divide), (one), (eight/divide), (one), (tree), (one)
Graphical :
=> , , , , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Ye4 - surname Ye
  2. ye4 - line of business/industry/occupation/job/employment/school studies/enterprise/property/(Buddhism) karma/deed/to engage in/already

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 業 (ye4): The component 业 is pronounced as 'ye4'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 業 (ye4): The component 一 is pronounced as 'yi1'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

事业 (事業)
企业 (企業)
作业 (作業)
创业 (創業)
商业 (商業)
专业 (專業)
业务 (業務)
毕业 (畢業)
职业 (職業)
行业 (行業)

Medium Frequency

不务正业 (不務正業)
事业心 (事業心)
事业有成 (事業有成)
企业家 (企業家)
伟业 (偉業)
兢兢业业 (兢兢業業)
制造业 (制造業)
创业者 (創業者)
商业化 (商業化)
大业 (大業)
失业 (失業)
学业 (學業)
学业有成 (學業有成)
实业 (實業)
专业户 (專業戶)
就业 (就業)
工业 (工業)
从业 (從業)
敬业 (敬業)
服务业 (服務業)
 ()
业主 (業主)
业界 (業界)
业绩 (業績)
业余 (業餘)
歇业 (歇業)
渔业 (漁業)
营业 (營業)
营业员 (營業員)
物业 (物業)
产业 (產業)
产业链 (產業鏈)
毕业生 (畢業生)
置业 (置業)
职业病 (職業病)
兴业 (興業)
农业 (農業)
农业部 (農業部)
银行业 (銀行業)
开业 (開業)
Decomposition Levels:
Level 1: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
If you see questions marks or too many "block" characters, especially when it comes to level 3 decomposition you might need the correct font.